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e-Newsletter - October 2010
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| Fynbos has stood out among other vegetation types worldwide and is regarded as unique in terms of its biodiversity... |
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| Highlights from the keynote address by Mr Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, at the official launch of the SAEON Fynbos Node... |
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| The Summit set out to provide an overview of the work of the network as well as international experiences against which to benchmark SAEON’s joint efforts and approaches... |
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| ILTER has become a growing organisation in which SAEON continues to play a significant role... |
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| The first deployments were used to assess the ability of the ROV to conduct quantitative surveys... |
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| Due to their long-term stability and world-wide distribution, botanic gardens are ideally placed to offer support to restoration practitioners... |
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| SAEON’S Ndlovu Node has been “harvesting” trees at a mining site to provide more of the basic data upon which complex global climate models are built... |
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| The overall outcome of the ongoing workshops is to achieve an increase in the flow of products to the region by using new ocean observation methods... |
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| CHPC has provided a hosting platform for a test version of the SAEON Data Portal, with a view to evaluating the feasibility of a longer-term home for the Portal and its associated sites... |
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| The Megasheet provides an overview of the data that are available, what state they are in, where they can be obtained, as well as the metadata of each cruise... |
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| Fiona Cuff will be representing SAEON on various multi-institutional data programmes... |
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| The workshop focused on data types and sources, and how to manipulate them to create atlas products... |
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| The SAEON Special Awards for the best projects in environmental monitoring were prominent at the 30th Eskom Expo for Young Scientists... |
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| SAEON’s first environmental science education symposium created a platform for educators, learners and scientists to engage on science in the school curriculum... |
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| The 13 students who attended GSN Day were chosen on the merit of their poster abstracts at the SAEON Summit... |
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| The SAEON Summit received coverage in print and broadcast media... |
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